Grievous bodily arm

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Dragon Quest monster

Grievous bodily arm

Grievous bodily arm modern artwork.png

Japanese

デーモンソード

Romaji

Dēmonsōdo

First appearance

Dragon Quest III

Old localization

Demonswrd (III GBC)

A walking assault and battery case, the grievous bodily arm is the strongest of the multi-limbed skeleton swordsmen, appearing only in the remakes of Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation as a bonus dungeon monster.

Appearances[edit]

Dragon Quest II HD-2D Remake[edit]

Grievous bodily arm (デーモンソード Dēmonsōdo)

Sprite
Bestiary No.: #177
Family: Undead
Experience: 10,385
Gold: 68
HP: 540
MP: 71
Attack: 310
Defence: 478
Agility: 248
Evasion: N/A

In-game description: Skeletal swordsmen that were masters of the blade before they became bones. They abandoned their humanity-and their mortality-in order to attain ultimate power
Spell(s): N/A
Skill(s): Acts 1~2 times per turn
Burning Breath
Double-Edged Slash
Inferno
Location(s): Nameless islands
Dropped Item: Sword of ruin (1/256)
Stolen Item: Seed of stamina (1/64)

Fire resistance *: -125%
Explosion resistance *: 25%
Ice resistance *: 75%
Wind resistance *: 75%
Strike resistance *: 0%
Dark resistance *: 0%
Lightning resistance *: 25%
Drain Magic resistance: 0%
Whack resistance: 100%
Kamikazee resistance: 0%
Poof resistance *: 0%
Dazzle resistance: 25%
Fizzle resistance: 100%
Fuddle resistance *: 0%
Paralysis resistance *: 100%
Snooze resistance *: 100%
Stun resistance *: 100%
Deceleratle resistance *: 0%
Sap resistance *: 25%

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation[edit]

Grievous bodily arm (デーモンソード Dēmonsōdo)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		63	300	0
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
220	150	90	2,800	52

Bestiary No.	#141
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Acts twice per turn Burning Breath
Location(s)	Cloudsgate Citadel
Item Dropped	Double-edged sword¹⁄₁₂₈

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
⁰⁄₆₄	25%	70%	70%
Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance
25%	100%	100%	25%
Poof Resistance	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Fuddle Resistance
25%	70%	100%	70%
Snooze Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance *	Sap Resistance *
25%	0%	70%

Later remake sprites

GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake[edit]

Grievous bodily arm (デーモンソード Dēmonsōdo)

Sprite
Bestiary No.: #132
Family: Undead
Experience: 3,938
Gold: 70
HP: 740
MP: 71
Attack: 310
Defence*: 571
Agility: 245
Evasion: 0/64

In-game description: Skeletal swordsmen that were masters of the blade before they became bones. They abandoned their humanity-and their mortality-in order to attain ultimate power
Spell(s): None
Skill(s): Burning Breath
Double-Edged Slash
Inferno
Recovers 70~119 HP per turn
Location(s): Cloudsgate Citadel
Item Dropped: Double-edged sword¹⁄₂₅₆

Fire resistance *: -125%
Explosion resistance *: 25%
Ice resistance *: 75%
Wind resistance *: 75%
Strike resistance *: 0%
Lightning resistance *: 25%
Drain Magic resistance: 0%
Whack resistance *: 100%
Kamikazee resistance: 0%
Poof resistance *: 0%
Dazzle resistance: 25%
Fizzle resistance: 100%
Fuddle resistance *: 0%
Paralysis resistance *: 100%
Snooze resistance *: 100%
Stumble resistance *: 0%
Stun resistance *: 100%
Deceleratle resistance: 0%
Sap resistance *: 25%

Trivia[edit]

Their name comes from the phrase "grievous bodily harm", a short way of describing great physical injury, a feat which this monster is obviously more than capable.

Similar skeletons[edit]

Gallery[edit]

HD sprites

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